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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Happy Halloween, bloggers!We're thrilled to have Copic color-er extraordinaire, Kathy Racoosin as a guest today! If you aren'talready, be sure to check out her blog, The Daily Marker, for oodles of inspiration!Today, she's whipped up a special Halloween exclusive treat just for us! Below, Kathytells us in her own words some of her creative process when creating this beauty!

This
air vent die from SSS is so versatile and perfect for my foreground. To
add quick color and texture stamp directly on top of the paper with the
ink pad. I wanted a darker color under the air vent die. Stamp with Vintage Photo directly onto the paper strip again.

I
love the deep embossing when I use the Spellbinders embossing folders.
Did you know that they are reversible? This brick "folder" is perfect
for so many backgrounds. It's super easy to color with any neutral
alcohol markers. I used some warm and cool greys, a few beiges and a
yellowish color. Don't worry about blending because you will add some
distress ink with Pumice Stone to add highlights to the wall. Add some distress ink with Vintage Photo to all of the layers on the edges with the distressing tool .

Cut out the image and add some distress ink to Penny Black's witch to make her more witch like.

I also added some white pen detail alongside the red trip on her dress and sleeves.

Congrats Blog Candy Winner: Andrea! From the blog: Simon Says: Just Add Pearl! Please email me at Steph@SimonSaysStamp.com with your address and the name of the blog you won from to claim your prize!

Blog Candy Alert! How would you like to win an exclusive SSS goodie pack? Join our following and comment on this post with your Halloween costume this year (if you dressed up!!) for a chance to win! Good luck!

P.S. Kathy has some candy on her blog too! Be sure to pop over and say "Hi" for a chance to win! :)

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Hello, all! Kristina here with a card using supplies from the Festive Holiday Card Kit! We're about to start shipping these holiday kits, so I wanted to show you a way to use the exclusive Gift Box Die that is included in the kit. :)

I also used the Gnome For the Holidays stamp set that comes in the kit to stamp a banner with sentiment. It's a super easy way to add a greeting to a card.

You can pick up this kit for $36.95 HERE. The Festive Holiday Card Kit is NOT part of our usual monthly card kit subscription program. So, if you are a subscriber, you'll need to order this kit separately. Quanities are limited, so don't hesitate too long. :)

Monday, October 29, 2012

Hi!
Do you ever wake up and wonder where the time went? I did this morning! I can't believe October is already almost over...luckily, it made me feel energized and ready to take on the next month! Hopefully you're feeling ready for the week too : )

May says: One of my favorite pearl tricks is to color a stamp with Distress Markers, then spritz with Perfect Pearls mist
and stamp. This gives a gentle watercolor effect, as well as adding a
pearlized shimmer to my stamped image. One of my favorite things about
using perfect pearls is that in some light, it looks flat, but let the
light hit it just right and you have an explosion of sparkle! For this
card I also used perfect pearls mist on the background, and perfect pearls powder with perfect medium to create the chicken wire you see on the background.

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